Cultural Management
- Remove symptomatic plants from your garden or greenhouse. Burn, bury or hot compost the affected plants.
- Soak seeds in water at 122°F for 25 min. before sowing.
- To keep leaves dry and to prevent the spread of the pathogens, avoid overhead watering and instead use a drip-tape or soakerhose.
- Also to prevent spread, DO NOT handle plants when they are wet and routinely sterilize tools with either 10% bleach solution or (better) 70% alcohol (e.g., rubbing alcohol).
- Consider using preventative applications of copper-based products registered for use on tomato, especially during warm, wet periods.
- Keep in mind however, that if used excessively or for prolonged periods, copper may no longer control the disease.
- Burn, bury or hot compost tomato debris at the end of the season
- Wait at least one year before planting tomatoes in a given location again.